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Fatal wine waiters

2007-12-20 18:59:04 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
Ive written before about made for adware (MFA) websites those parts of the web that are created solely to host lots of (mainly Google) ads, and thereby make their creators loads of money Well, this one hallwebhosting.com is a little different. I first came across it a few months back when it was clearly still under development, but it seems to...
 
Tags: windows server, server, windows, unlike windows, professional web site, server components, site, ntp server misuse, compatibility
 
 
 
 
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Is Back-Up A Part of Security?

2008-05-06 20:17:23 by Editor in IT Security - The IT Security Industry's Web Resource
 
...fatal a fatal drive error can be Aside from physical theft, hard drive failure is the most common cause of data loss on PCs, the study says, accounting for 38 percent of data loss incidents. In about 30 percent of these cases, the loss of access is the result of drive problems, where corruption of the media makes the data unreadable...
 
Tags: data, data unreadable, lost data, data loss incidents, loss, hard drive crashes, drive, fatal drive error, fatal
 
 
 
 
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Fish, Subprime Mortgages, and Data Storage

2007-11-02 00:00:00 by Ari Juels in Speaking of Security, the RSA Blog and Podcast
 
...fatal ring. (Polykrates was, of course, brutally murdered soon afterward.) Herodotus's story (and book) was crafted as a parable about hubris. It is also a good parable about banking--and more generally about risk
 
Tags: fish, herodotus tells, herodotus, story, possession, parable, tragedy, emerald, island
 
 
 
 
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Terrible animal abuse caught on video at Westland/Hallmark meat company

2008-02-19 17:01:00 by John Sexton in The Bullet Proof Blog
 
...fatal "mad cow" disease. However, that did not stop the meat company from including them with the others that were being butchered and sold to fast food restaurants and to schools to feed the nation's children Yesterday, two fast food chains: "Jack in the box' and "In-out burgers", stated that they were no longer purchasing beef products...
 
Tags: meat company, meat, video, yesterday, cnn video yesterday, fast food chains, low standards, fast food restaurants, unscrupulous business practices
 
 
 
 
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Hacking Medical Devices

2008-03-12 10:39:59 by schneier in Schneier on Security
 
...fatal -- if the device had been in a person. In this case, the researcher were hacking into a device in a laboratory The researchers said they had also been able to glean personal patient data by eavesdropping on signals from the tiny wireless radio that Medtronic, the devices maker, had embedded in the implant as a way to let doctors monitor...
 
Tags: devices, security, malicious security attack, cardiac, security risks, dangerous cardiac events, risks, icd incapable, icd
 
 
 
 
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Rich Mogull does his best Stiennon imitation, says GRC is dead

The Article has images
2008-05-14 22:12:24 by HASH0x8b54f78 in StillSecure, After All These Years
...fatal mistake is one of Titanic proportions. He is mistaking the tip of the iceberg for the entire mountain of ice that is under the water and not as easily seen. The reports and dashboards of GRC products represent the by product of much of the real work and value they bring not just to the "C" level but to the security practitioner who is...
 
Tags: rich, rich mogull, security, security practices, industry, security industry, compliance, security practitioner, compliance workload
 
 
 
 
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Something in the latest Windows update is hosing my laptop

2008-05-18 19:25:50 by HASH0x8c0f464 in StillSecure, After All These Years
 
...fatal error happens consistently now where the cursor just freezes, the screen locks and there is nothing I can do to shake it lose without powering down by holding the power button. Then of course on reboot I have to go through dreaded Outlook "check the file for problems" check which chews up another 15 minutes This is getting really tired...
 
Tags: computer lock, computer, microsoft, microsoft basher, laptop, days ago, kick dirt, windows, fatal error
 
 
 
 
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Have you googled, HR security breaches lately?

2008-07-08 09:38:15 by Burton Group in Security and Risk Management Strategies Blog
 
...fatal mistake that allowed the breach to occur So as you work with your outsourcing and SaaS vendors, you should not only consider how day-to-day operations should be secured to maintain the confidentiality of your data. You should also think about how that data is being maintained over time, and what are your procedures should the...
 
Tags: data, employee data, outsource partner destroy, outsource partner, confidential personal data, security, financial data, partner, partner apparently
 
 
 
 
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Listening to the evidence

2008-08-08 00:24:33 by Richard Clayton in Light Blue Touchpaper
 
...fatal flaw of all network-level blocking schemes was the ease with which they could be overcome, either by encrypting content or by the use of proxy services hosted outside the UK The committees conclusion, having read this was At a time of rapid technological change, it is difficult to judge whether blocking access to Internet content at...
 
Tags: content, isp level content, video games, video, bad content, video content, internet, evidence, child-friendly internet
 
 
 
 
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Amber Alerts As Security Theater

2008-08-11 07:59:10 by schneier in Schneier on Security